County assessors set open evening hours across Washington County
Washington County Assessor Ernest Lund announced extended evening hours for tax assessment stations to accommodate workers and late reporters. Schedules cover Kalona Wellman Ainsworth Riverside West Chester and other townships with specific dates from Jan 25 to Feb 8 plus Feb 14–17 at the courthouse. Unreported returns after Feb 17 face a 100 percent penalty.
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Ernest Lund
Washington County
English River
Lime Creek
Wellman and
Kalona
Kalona City Hall
Wellman City Hall
Iowa Highland
Oregon Township
Riverside
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Legion Hall
Riverside Fire Station
Cedar
Franklin
Dutch Creek
Clay Townships
West Chester
Gracehill Community Hall
Rubio Community Hall
West Chester Town Hall
Washington City
Washington
Jackson Township
Old Phillip’s Drug Store
Crawford
Marion
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Brighton Masonic Hall
Crawfordsville Town Hall
Court House
Lund
YMCA Awards Night Set for Saturday
The Washington YMCA holds awards night on Saturday January 28 at 7 00 p m in the adult center. Boys from grade school to high school will receive awards for achievements in YMCA tournaments and contests including free throw, Christmas tournaments, point contests, 500 point coast, flag football, rifle club and air rifle club. Families and friends are urged to attend.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
Cemetery costs rise as city takes over Woodlawn Elm Grove
Washington raises interment costs from seventy to eighty dollars per lot due to maintenance needs after the city took over Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries. New burial rules favor metal coffins to limit settling. Elm Grove spans about forty acres with a Garden of Devotions and brass markers. first burial there was in 1888. Woodlawn, ten acres, is older with records damaged by a past fire. earliest recorded death is John K. Barnes in 1883 with a shoulder fracture.
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Washington
Woodlawn
Cemetery Corporation
Glenn Holden
City of
Elm Grove
Elm Grove Cemetery
W. G. Stewart
John K. Barnes
Mrs Meridith 85 dies here after three weeks illness
Mrs. L. A. Meridith aged 85 of 1014 North Sixth Avenue died Saturday night January 21, 1967 at Washington County Hospital after a several weeks illness. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Jones Funeral Home Rev M O Smith. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Surviving: husband Lee Arlie Meridith three daughters Beulah Dusek Viola Beale Dolly Hazen eight grandchildren nineteen great grandchildren. Three brothers and two grandchildren preceded her in death.
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L. A. Meridith
North Sixth Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. M. O. Smith
Ainsworth Cemetery
Etta Ester Wright
Illinois
J. F. and
Mattie Wright
Media
Abington, I
Lee Arlie Meridith
Meridith
McCleery - Cumming
Methodist Church
Albert
Beulah) Dusek
Washington
Joseph
Viola) Beale
Davenport
Duane
Dolly) Hazen
Ainsworth
Death of Cecil E. Glider 57 in Dubuque
Cecil E. Glider 57 a former Washington area resident died at Xavier Hospital Dubuque at 5 am The home was 131 Garnet Street Dubuque Friends may call Behr's Funeral Home after 2 pm Tuesday funeral Wednesday 1 30 pm He worked long time for John Deere Co Born West Chester son of Willis and the late Carrie Grover Glider Born to Edith Painter of Fairfield Surviving wife three sons Larry J Dubuque Roger W Cedar Rapids Steve F Marshfield Wis one sister Betty Stecher Rock Island Ill three brothers Ray Dubuque Francis and Keith both of Washington one grandson and many nieces and nephews
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Dubuque
Cecil E. Glider
Washington Area
Xavier Hospital
Garnet Street
Behr
Glider
John Deere Co
West Chester
Willis
Carrie Grover Glider
Edith Painter
Fairfield
Washington
Larry J
Roger W
Cedar Rapids
Steve F
Marshfield
Wisc
Carl
Betty) Stecher
Rock Island, Ill
Ray
Francis
Keith
Mrs. Ross Benson Dies at 71 in Washington
Mrs. Ross Benson age 71 died at her home 301 South Marion Avenue Saturday night January 21 1967 after a short illness. Rev M O Smith conducted services at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Surviving are three sons William Joe Benson Iowa City Lawrence Bonneville Ore and Robert stationed in Denver Colo plus nine grandchildren and great grandchildren a sister Esta Benson of Washington and several siblings. Mrs Benson was born Clara Jane Long April 23 1895 in Washington and lived in Clinton Mo Washington Iowa City Oregon before returning to Washington. She was a Methodist.
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Ross Benson
Marion Avenue
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. M. O. Smith
Ainsworth Cemetery
Clara Jane Long
John Frederick
Anna Myrtle Ish Long
Clinton
Washington
Iowa City
Oregon
Benson
Methodist Church
William Joe Benson
Lawrence
Bonneville
Ore
Robert
Denver
Colo
U. S. Army
Esta Benson
Mrs Richard McCrea Dies In Clinton At 31
Cornelia Ann Keyser McCrea, born Sept 8 1935 in Washington County, died January 22 1967 at Mercy Hospital Clinton after a long illness. She married John Richard McCrea on Oct 9 1954 in Clinton. She was preceded in death by her son John Calhoun, her mother Margaret Keyser, and siblings Bob and Gloria. Funeral set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church Clinton. Pope Lyons Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Richard McCrea
Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Cornelia Ann Keyser
Washington County
Robert
Margaret Keyser
Washington High School
John Richard McCrea
John Calhoun
Washington
Bob
New York
Gloria
Sacred Heart Church
Pope Lyons Funeral Home
Fox Hunters Bag Two Foxes Near Bethel Farm
Fox hunters bagged two foxes on the Ernest Gideon farm in the Bethel community northeast of Washington Saturday. The group gathered at Northrup King north of Washington for the weekly hunt.
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Ernest Gideon
Bethel
Washington
Northrup King
William Colbert 80 Dies at Restopia Riverside
William Colbert 80 died today at Restopia in Columbus Junction where he had lived for years. A Riverside farmer, he was born July 3 1886 in Nichols Iowa to Thomas and Ellen Colbert and never married. Survivors include brothers James Cedar Rapids and Martin Dallas with four brothers and two sisters preceded in death. Burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery Riverside with rosary Tuesday evening at Sorden and Adams Funeral Home Riverside. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Riverside.
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Riverside
William Colbert
Restopia
Columbus Junction
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
W. F. Boechmann
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Sorden and Adams Funeral Home
Mr. Colbert
Nichols, Ia
Thomas and
Ellen Sullivan Colbert
St. Mary’s Church
James
Cedar Rapids
Martin
Dallas
Last night to register for adult education classes
Tonight is the final registration for adult education classes at the high school. Welding art painting business machines commodities and typing begin this evening while estate planning investments parents and colleges physical fitness for men and reading improvement start next Monday January 30th. registration is required tonight at the High School for all interested.
Thomas E Alter of Richland dies at 94
RICHLAND Thomas E Alter 94, the only known Spanish American War veteran in Keokuk County, died Sunday at 8 30 p m in Ottumwa hospital after a stroke on January 2. Funeral services are pending at Gould Funeral Home. He was born May 4 1872 in Chariton, lived in Wayland then Henry and Washington Counties, married Edna Ginkens November 12 1902, she died 1949, moved to Richland 1951. Surviving are two sons James of Elko Nev and Stacy of Battle Mountain Nev, three daughters Shirley Toole Concord Calif Lucy Driver Bellingham Wash and Chrystal Alter Ottumwa, two brothers Boynton and John Lusk Wyo, 18 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. One son three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.
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Richland
Thomas E. Alter
Keokuk County
Ottumwa Hospital
Gould
Mr. Alter
Chariton
James
Amanda Rider Alter
Wayland
Henry
Washington
Edna Ginkens
Elka
Nev
Stacy
Battle Mountain
Shirley Toole
Concord
Calif
Lucy Driver
Bellingham
Washing
Chrystal Alter
Ottumwa
Boynton
John
Lusk
Wyo
Goshen official to visit area high schools
Goshen College admissions counselor Dale Schlabach will visit five area high schools in southeastern Iowa to speak with juniors and seniors about college. He appears at University High School Iowa City on Feb 1, Iowa Mennonite School Kalona on Feb 2, Mid Prairie High School Wellman and WACO High School Olds on Feb 3 morning, then Winfield High School that afternoon. Eight graduates from these schools enrolled in Goshen College last fall, part of a freshman class of 318 and total enrollment of 1100, up 6.4 percent from last year.
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Dale Schlabach
Goshen College
Iowa
University High School
Iowa City
Iowa Mennonite School
Kalona
Mid - Prairie High School
Wellman
Waco High School
Olds
Winfield High School
Jerry Gingerich
Elaine Guengerich
John A. Hostetler
Philip Ropp
Linda Wyse
Richard Yoder
Martha Yoder
Richard Boshart
Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff list
A listing of the Washington Evening Journal newspaper details including editors and staff positions, such as David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent, with publication notes and association memberships.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Post
Weekend visits span Iowa towns and college ties
Local notes recount Miss Sheryl McIntosh and Jean Johnson visiting in Ottumwa and Cedar Falls for the Burroughs-Sachau wedding. Reid Boyd at Jefferson Square Manor not feeling well. Several families travel between Emmetsburg Davenport Traer and Ames. Linda Campbell returns to Iowa State after six weeks at Tuskegee Institute. Myrtle Neiswanger returns from St Petersburg with family.
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Sheryl MclIntosh
Oelwein
Jean Johnson
Harold Johnson
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Jean
Burroughs - Sachau
A. J. Gilpin
al Conner
Lester Kern
Barry van Engelenhoven
Reid Boyd
Jefferson Square Manor
Ottumwa
Reid
Linda Campbell
Herbert Campbell
Iowa State University
Ames
Tuskeegee Institute
Ala
De Men Meeting Delayed One Week at YMCA
The Washington De Men meeting is postponed to next week. Marion S McAvoy, president, says the gathering will occur at 7 30 p m in the Y building one week from tonight. Franklin kite date noted as June 15 1752.
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Washington
Marion S. McAvoy
Y Building
Washington social calendar notices for week
Community events list for Washington includes Family Living II and I meetings, Y Wives at YWCA, Cedar Township Farm Bureau, BPW Club dinner, White Shrine honoring past wor thy high priestesses, and various clubs with times and hosts. Notable speakers include Mrs Florence Sherman and Japanese trainee at Prairie Flower school. Desserts, snacks, and square dance lessons announced with locations and hostess names.
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Family Living
Norman Schoonover
YWCA
R. J. Dawson
Florence Sherman
Cedar Township Farm Bureau
Prairie Flower School
Applied Arts I
Leon Hillman
BPW Club
White Shrine
Masonic Temple
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Fern Pastry Shop
Pangin
Pastry Shop
Mrs. Meridith
Savitor Rovers
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Rivenind Tournal
Thomas E. Alter of
Goshen
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Hershey’s Choc
Stieteleaaade
Jack & Jill
Mrs. Grimes
Jar
Texas
Florida
Addr
Fuhr
Cochran
Jacks Jill
Food Center
Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
Wayne Marston
Floyd Marston
Marston
Robert Hopping and Sons
Emmetsburg
Stanley Chabal
Traer
Orville Ramberg
Maurice Henry
Iowa River
Glen Green
Mrs
Louis Rath
Fred Coakley
Lester Luckenbill
T. J. Horak
Todd
Myrtle Neiswanger
St. Petersburg
Fla
Herman Otto
Mt. Pleasant
Franklin Benjamin Franklin
Pythian Sisters
Hall
Charles Mayer
Floyd Blankenhorn
John Elliott
George Sojka
Marvel Missionary Society
Bill Foster
White Cross Sewing
Women of
Moose
Moose Home
William Sitler
Creative Living
Jack and Jill Store
Joe Ludley
LBC Club
Martin Whittaker
Homemakers Club
Virgil Lintz
Fairgrounds
Len Buch
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